• INEC Readies for CVR Restart, Conducts Trainers’ Sessions

    INEC Readies for CVR Restart, Conducts Trainers’ Sessions0

    To prepare for the 2027 General Election’s Continuous Voter Registration, INEC has begun Training trainers at the Electoral Institute in Abuja. Starting 28th July 2025, master trainers are being equipped to pass on technical and legal expertise to Registration Officers nationwide. At the opening of the programme, the Chairman of the Board of The Electoral

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  • ECONEC, INEC Meet to Evaluate Nigeria’s 2023 General Election

    ECONEC, INEC Meet to Evaluate Nigeria’s 2023 General Election0

    The ECOWAS Network of Electoral Commissions (ECONEC) has met with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the post-election follow-up and needs assessment of the 2023 general election and to assess the extent of the implementation of the recommendations made by the international observers two years after the 2023 polls. The interface, which was held

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  • Identifying Gaps in the FOI Act, Possible Areas for Amendment (2)

    Identifying Gaps in the FOI Act, Possible Areas for Amendment (2)0

    …Strengthening Enforcement and Compliance Being the second and the concluding part of a paper presented at the Stakeholders’ Technical Meeting on FOI Amendment Bill and Upgrade of Reporting & Compliance Mechanisms Organised by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lead Partner, Component 4 (Support to Media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria,

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  • Identifying Gaps in the FOI Act, Possible Areas for Amendment (1)

    Identifying Gaps in the FOI Act, Possible Areas for Amendment (1)0

    …Strengthening Enforcement and Compliance⁣/strong> Being a paper presented at the Stakeholders’ Technical Meeting on the FOI Amendment Bill and Upgrade of Reporting & Compliance Mechanisms. Organised by the International Press Centre (IPC), Lead Partner, Component 4 (Support to Media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria, Phase II (EU-SDGN II) Programme, in

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  • Stakeholders’ Brainstorm Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act

    Stakeholders’ Brainstorm Amendments to the Freedom of Information Act0

    A technical meeting by stakeholders on the 14-year-old Freedom of Information Act, convened by the International Press Centre, co-implementing partner of component 4 (Support to media) of the European Union Support to Democratic Governance in Nigeria Phase 2 (EU-SDGN11), has highlighted aspects of the Act that require legislative amendments. Mr. Lanre Arogundade, the Executive Director

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  • Attacks Against Journalists Intensifying Under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report

    Attacks Against Journalists Intensifying Under Tinubu Administration, Says MRA in New Report0

    In a midterm assessment report on the Tinubu Administration’s first two years in office released today, Media Rights Agenda (MRA) has decried what it described as an alarming escalation of attacks on media freedom and civic expression, particularly through the misuse of the Cybercrime (Prohibition, Prevention, etc) Act by law enforcement agencies to silence or

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